Proposal Submission Form

To submit a book proposal to MSU Press, please fill out the following form.

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Book Proposal

Project Information

Please describe the project in two to three sentences.

Project Description Requirements

We have no specific length, format, or organizational requirements for the project description. However, do be sure to address the following questions:

What are your argument(s), methods, and sources?

What is the relevance of your manuscript?

Who is the audience for this book? Please be specific and realistic.

What recent books do you consider “the competition”?

Please include an annotated table of contents.

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Do not send full manuscripts unless invited to do so by an acquisitions editor. Unsolicited manuscripts will be discarded.
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Proposal review typically takes eight weeks.